The idea that we feel better about life in the morning (Scientists find that things really do seem better in the morning, 5 February) is not new. In the ancient Hebrew psalms (English Book of Common Prayer, psalm 30:5) we read: “Heaviness may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”
Graham Warren
Coventry
• Your article (‘So patronising’: rail bosses spark anger by hiding train departure times, 6 February) provoked a very hollow laugh here in Durham, given the hilarious “advice” that I’ve been offered when unable to legally board the last, 23.09, train to Newcastle because the ticket office is closed and the ticket machine won’t sell me a ticket after 23.04.
Michael Ayton
Durham
• As a postgraduate student and union member at the Russell Group university whose vice-chancellor recently joined an online meeting from their hotel room in India (Letters, 5 February), I am reminded of our rule of thumb during recent years’ strike action as to whether or not the VC was present on campus. We simply had to look for the shiny Mercedes parked outside the union office.
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• Thirty-two minutes to make a boiled egg (Scientists crack what they say is the perfect way to boil an egg, 6 February)? I am reminded of the late Shirley Conran’s edict that “Life’s too short to stuff a mushroom”. I realise that for me, life’s too short to boil an egg.
Julia Gallacher
Whitchurch, Shropshire
• Further to my teacher’s adverse report, and Robert Gifford’s receipt of a similar backhanded compliment (Letters, 6 February), my first job was as ... a curate.
John Saxbee
Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire
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